There were only 2 amendments in the 90 or so years between the Bill of Rights and the 13th Amendment? I didn't realize the 13th was the slavery one. Fascinating.
--- In [email protected], "spaz_9747" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "Stephanie Smilay" > <ssmilay@> wrote: > > > > 13th Amendment to the Constitution > > > That Mississippi did not ratify the amendment is funny, if not > surprising. But does anyone know why New Jersey initially rejected > it? > > From http://www.nps.gov/archive/malu/documents/amend13.htm > > 13th. Amendment > to the U.S. Constitution > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------- > > Section 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a > punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly > convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place > subject to their jurisdiction. > > Section 2. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by > appropriate legislation. > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------- > > Proposal and Ratification > > The thirteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States > was proposed to the legislatures of the several States by the Thirty- > eighth Congress, on the 31st day of January, 1865, and was declared, > in a proclamation of the Secretary of State, dated the 18th of > December, 1865, to have been ratified by the legislatures of twenty- > seven of the thirty-six States. The dates of ratification were: > Illinois, February 1, 1865; Rhode Island, February 2, 1865; > Michigan, February 2, 1865; Maryland, February 3, 1865; New York, > February 3, 1865; Pennsylvania, February 3, 1865; West Virginia, > February 3, 1865; Missouri, February 6, 1865; Maine, February 7, > 1865; Kansas, February 7, 1865; Massachusetts, February 7, 1865; > Virginia, February 9, 1865; Ohio, February 10, 1865; Indiana, > February 13, 1865; Nevada, February 16, 1865; Louisiana, February > 17, 1865; Minnesota, February 23, 1865; Wisconsin, February 24, > 1865; Vermont, March 9, 1865; Tennessee, April 7, 1865; Arkansas, > April 14, 1865; Connecticut, May 4, 1865; New Hampshire, July 1, > 1865; South Carolina, November 13, 1865; Alabama, December 2, 1865; > North Carolina, December 4, 1865; Georgia, December 6, 1865. > > Ratification was completed on December 6, 1865. > > The amendment was subsequently ratified by Oregon, December 8, 1865; > California, December 19, 1865; Florida, December 28, 1865 (Florida > again ratified on June 9, 1868, upon its adoption of a new > constitution); Iowa, January 15, 1866; New Jersey, January 23, 1866 > (after having rejected the amendment on March 16, 1865); Texas, > February 18, 1870; Delaware, February 12, 1901 (after having > rejected the amendment on February 8, 1865); Kentucky, March 18, > 1976 (after having rejected it on February 24, 1865). > > The amendment was rejected (and not subsequently ratified) by > Mississippi, December 4, 1865. >
